The fifteen year five month career of D5072/24072 saw allocations to Eastern Region, London Midland Region & Scottish Region depots .

Allocations

The frames for D5072 were laid down at Derby Works during October 1959, D5072 was new to March (31B) on February 17th 1960. Further transfers were:

March 1960 to Willesden (1A), on loan.
May 1961 to Finsbury Park (34G) on loan, made permanent June 1961.
August 1966 to Haymarket (64B) on loan, made permanent September 1966.
August 1975 - stored serviceable.
October 1975 - withdrawn.

Renumbered April 1974.

After withdrawal 24072 was stored at Carlisle from August 1975 to October 26th 1977 when it was moved to Doncaster Works and broken up there during December 1977.

Noted Derby Works March 1961.
Noted Stratford Works July 1962.
Noted Derby Works August 1965 (repainted two-tone green).
Noted Glasgow Works June 1970.
Noted Derby Works September & October 1972 (collision damage).
Noted Glasgow Works February 1973.
Noted Glasgow Works May & June 1975.

Highlights

Numerically D5072 marks the end of a pattern of locomotive histories, with the service life of the batch including D5072 seeing extensive service operating from Finsbury Park and later Edinburgh Haymarket. The next batch of locomotives (D5073 - D5093) saw extensive use operating from Willesden or Cricklewood prior to heading north to the Stoke Division. D5094 & D5095 would follow the allocation history similar to D5072.

1960
The last day of March found D5072 & D8035 working a test train down the LNW mainline.

1969
Over the Easter period ten relief trains ran between Glasgow & Edinburgh with the 20.50 service using corridor stock and 5072. On April 26th the 12.30 Aberdeen - Edinburgh had 5095 & 5072, the next evening found them working a single parcels coach to Carstairs.